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Location of Dallas County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas. There are 35 districts, 113 individual properties, and three former ...
The Dallas Historical Society is an organization dedicated to the history of Dallas, Texas . It was organized on March 31, 1922, [1] by citizens who wished to encourage historical inquiry. In 1938, the Society assumed the management of the Hall of State at Fair Park at the request of the City of Dallas.
The Dallas Downtown Historic District is a 555-acre (225 ha) area in downtown Dallas, Texas, United States, that was designated a historic district in 2006 and expanded in 2009 to preserve the diverse architectural history of the area. [3]
The Tenth Street Freedman's Town is a historic African American community in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas.A freedmen's town is a community settled by formerly enslaved people who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.
The Caddo inhabited the Dallas area before it was settled by Europeans. All of Texas became part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 16th century. The area was also claimed by the French, but in 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty officially placed Dallas well within Spanish territory by making the Red River the northern boundary of New Spain.
Dallas Scottish Rite Temple: 500 S. Harwood Street: 1910-1913 First Presbyterian Church: 401 S. Harwood Street: 1912, 1948 Dallas Municipal Building and Annex: 106 S. Harwood Street: 1914, 1954 Majestic Theatre: 1923 Elm Street: 1920 Lone Star Gas Company (south building) 1915 Wood Street: 1924 Dallas Hilton: 1933 Main Street: 1925 Film ...
The history of Dallas, Texas, United States from 1874 to 1929 documents the city's rapid growth and emergence as a major center for transportation, trade and finance.. Originally a small community built around agriculture, the convergence of several railroads made the city a strategic location for several expanding ind
Fagin manages the institution's ongoing Oral History Project and contributes to collections, exhibitions, education, and public programming initiatives. He is the author of Assassination and Commemoration: JFK, Dallas, and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, [19] published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 2013. The book highlights the ...